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May 04, 2018 11:12 pm

Ludhiana(DP Correspondent) – In a major crackdown, the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a man with 400 gram heroine on Friday. The accused was facing 36 cases in Ludhiana, Bathinda, Amritsar and other districts. He was wanted in two dozen cases. The accused has been identified as Kishan kumar alias Ballu (55) resident of Daba.Incharge of

May 04, 2018 10:11 am

A 3-year-old-girl was allegedly raped by her landlord in Punjab’s Patiala on Thursday. The police reached the spot for investigation and sent a team in search of the accused, who managed to flee from the scene. Police Inspector Darshan Singh said that information was received on Thursday night and a case was registered on the

May 04, 2018 5:48 am

New Delhi/Chandigarh The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed Sikh candidates to wear ‘kara’ (iron bracelet) and ‘Kirpan’ (dagger) in the National Eligibility Test (NET) 2018. The permission comes with a condition under which the candidates will have to to report at least 1 hour prior to the normal reporting time.The directive has been issued

May 04, 2018 5:36 am

Chandigarh – Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the urgent need to waive off GST on ‘langar’ served in Gurdwaras, saying this had hurt the sentiments of Sikhs worldwide and should be addressed without any further delay.The Union Minister, who apprised the Prime Minister on this issue on

May 04, 2018 1:36 am

Chandigarh – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday issued a final ultimatum to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to immediately issue orders to stop the conspiracy to eliminate the proud and unparalleled history and heritage of the Khalsa Panth or face a worldwide popular resistance movement by the Sikh community.’ A high-level delegation of the SAD-BJP

May 04, 2018 1:15 am

Punjab Govt apologizes for misquoting of words in History book. Chandigarh(Narinder Jagga): The Punjab Government has regretted for misquoting of words in the controversial History book for class 12th. Some words are published in the book, which are against the status of Sikh religion and traditions. Talking to reporters, the three ministers Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa,

May 03, 2018 11:53 am

Union Minister for Food Processing, Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday downplayed the decision of the management of Dyal Singh College to rename the college as “Vande Mataram College“, adding that it would hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community. Speaking to ANI, Badal said, “I am totally shocked on what the chairman (Amitabh Sinha) and

May 03, 2018 6:24 am

Chandigarh – The flame of discontent among MLAs that was erupted over the expansion of Captain’s Cabinet doesn’t seem to get doused in the near future as the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has reportedly not yet put any efforts in this regard. After three agitating MLAs-Sangat Singh Gilzian, Nathu Ram and Surjit Singh Dhiman-resigned

May 03, 2018 5:59 am

Chandigarh – Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said here on Wednesday that the people who forget their history are forgotten by history. “Teaching of history to the present and the future generations of our children with impressionable minds is the sacred and the most serious responsibility of every society and every government. No society and

May 02, 2018 11:25 pm

Husband turns out to be killer of his wife Ludhiana(DP Correspondent) A day after the death of woman, the police have cracked the case with the arrest of husband of deceased. The Police claimed that husband of victim has killed her following a heated argument. The accused later concocted a story and told police that some

May 02, 2018 11:13 pm

Chandigarh(Narinder Jagga): Feared of phone tapping, annoyed Congress MLAs has now started to use ‘skype ‘system to hold meetings. MLAs in tiny groups hold meeting, in which it has been decided to attend the meeting if called by CM or Punjab Congress Chief just to listen, but the issue will be kept before the party high

May 02, 2018 11:07 pm

Gang supply drugs in Ambulance, lands in Police net Khanna(DP Correspondent) The Khanna police have arrested six persons of a gang who use to supply drugs in ambulance. The police have recovered 9720 intoxicated capsules which were used as drugs. An Ambulance vehicle bearing Jalandhar registration number was also recovered from the accused.The Police have arrested

May 01, 2018 6:58 pm

Youth of Punjab needs proper guidance so that at the national and international level the players can also enlighten the name of their country and state.The rest of the nation subsequently needed the first health said Kulwant Sidhu and A healthy person can do the creation of a good society said Mr India Sondeep Soni. The

Apr 30, 2018 1:43 am

Amritsar – BJP Member of Parliament Dr Subramanian Swamy on Sunday termed the Operation Blue Star as an ‘unjustified act’ which was carried out in June 1984 during the Congress regime. He said the decision was wrong. Talking to media persons here, Dr Swamy said: “Operation Blue Star carried out by the Indian Army in the

Apr 30, 2018 1:32 am

New York – Thousands of Sikhs in the US have participated in the annual Sikh Day Parade’ in the heart of Manhattan here, spreading awareness about the faith amid incidents of hate crimes against the minority community. Men, women and children, dressed in their traditional finery, turned out in large numbers for the 31st Sikh Day

Apr 30, 2018 1:23 am

Chandigarh – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab Deputy Chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday challenged Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to produce before the media copies of the Punjab Education Board’s new book on history for Class XI today itself to prove his claim that chapters on Sikh history had not been

Apr 30, 2018 12:22 am

Chandigarh(Narinder Jagga): Disappointed for being ignored in the expansion of the Punjab cabinet, nearly 22 Congress MLAs has stayed away themselves from the Jan Akrosh rally, which organised today in Delhi. Although everybody, who did not attend the rally, have separate reason, but as well as they expressed their protest for not including them in

Apr 30, 2018 12:20 am

Chandigarh(Narinder Jagga): According to sources in the Congress, the CM Captain Amrinder Singh has submitted a penal of three names for Shahkot bypoll, to the Party high command to approve. The names of Kewal Dhillon, Hardev Singh Ladi and Lal Singh are in the penal. Earlier the name of Lal Singh was not in the

Apr 29, 2018 6:30 am

Chandigarh – Uzbekistan has expressed interest in furthering business and trade ties with Punjab, particularly in the areas of Agriculture, Education and Tourism, amid the improving industrial climate in the north Indian state. Uzbekistan’s ambassador to India Farhod Arziev met Captain Amarinder on Saturday during a luncheon meeting, where the two discussed cooperation in areas